some students help catch the person suspected of sexual assault in a dorm at u-i-c. the search for the missing malaysian jet continues off australia's western coast. and the mayor's plan to fix the pension crisis includes more taxes and some cuts to benefits. details in a live report. good morning. i'm sean lewis in for dan. and i'm erin mcelroy. thanks for joining us on the wgn morning news at *4 a-m. does it say spring? we are trying. >> you said i'm boring guy today. >> live a little bit today. 68 degrees yesterday. it felt great. let's take look because

we have to talk about the potential for snow. not for today before later in the week. temperatures are headed back down. we will have highs above average. wind gusting between 30-35. it will be windy. you can tell the cold air is coming in from the west. aurora is reading of 44. bartlett is at 44. 49 at o'hare. what is happening is the cold front is coming through and is rushing in from the north and west. the good news is the rain. we did have a bit of thunder and lightning it will get its way of your early. 50 degrees by 5:00. 9:00 we are at 45. tomorrow we had the potential for showers and a chance for rain through wednesday is high. 45 is our

high on wednesday. 48 on thursday. >> we're looking good on the roads. no big delays. construction should be picked up soon. we will have more on that coming up. >>frankie knuckles has died. he was known as the godfather of chicago house music that flooded the club scene in the 70's and 80's. he would go on to work with major artists like michael jackson, whitney houston, and depeche mode. *house music got its name from the music that knuckles played at the warehouse dance club. a stretch of jefferson street, between jackson and madison, was named after him ten years ago. knuckles was 59 when he died at his home yesterday. a cause of death was not released. officials at u-i-c are praising a group of students who helped catch a man suspected of sexually assaulting a student in a shower at her dorm. the attack happened around ten a-m yesterday in the "commons south" dorm, in the 7-hundred block of south halsted.

several students who heard the commotion called u-i-c police, then sprang into action. they rushed the victim to another floor, and held her attacker until officers arrived. i was walking up from class and i see a guy and a girl fighting. i didn't know if there were playing around or if it was a real fight. that's when the girl, she had a row bond and the guy was grabbing her from her waist area. >> u-i-c says the man is not affiliated with the school. the woman received medical attention. the man was arrested and remains in police custody. u-i-c police are now trying to figure out how he got into the dorm. a man tried to lure a boy into his car in the wicker park neighborhood. it happened in an alley, on the 13-hundred block of north claremont yesterday morning. a ten year old boy was walking to school when a man in a black car pulled up and told him to get in. but the boy went to school instead and told an adult. police say the same man may have approached other children a block away, minutes later. he was driving a black four-

door lincoln with white pinstripes. a new tool will soon join the hunt for the missing malaysian jet. an australian ship is carrying a new "black box" finder from the u.s. navy. the ship is expected to reach the search zone in the indian ocean, about a thousand miles west of the australian coast, in a day or so. the new finder can scan the ocean floor for the plane's locator beacon, until its battery runs out in a week. elsewhere, malaysian authorities made a small change in their account of the final words of the plane's crew. instead of just "all right, good night"... the final communication now reads, "good night, malaysian flight 3-7- zero." a cook county judge has dismissed the first lawsuit over the missing malaysian plane. a chicago-based law firm tried to sue malaysia airlines, boeing, and anyone else who may be involved in the plane's disappearance. but the judge said a lawsuit can't proceed until all of the defendants are named. chicago property taxes may be going up... and pension benefits for some city employees may be going down... to help bail the city out of its massive pension debt. randi belisomo is live at city

hall with more. >> a good morning. under the proposal, the owner of a $250,000 home would pay $50 more in property taxes each year starting in 2016. after five years the hike would equal $250 extra. the mayor also proposing to cut retirement benefits for some city workers. his aides say the plans came as talks with more than 30 city unions but not all are on board. city workers would pay 2 1/2% more toward their retirement nation by half a percentage point yearly for five years. employees now pay 8 1/2% for pensions and would ultimately pay 11 percent. that equals $1,500 more in yearly for a city worker. the goal is to eliminate about half of the nineties and a half billion dollars to the pension debt over 40 years. the mayor said it

without changes the municipal fund would be insolvent by 2027. the proposal would not address huge shortfalls for city police, firefighters and teachers. also not addressing state requirement to pay 600 million more toward police fire pension next year that would result in more tax increases and service cuts. the changes would have to be approved by state lawmakers and the governor. >> a huge rush to sign up for healthcare coverage before last night's deadline brought the affordable care act to its enrollment goal of seven million people. those who have begun the process, but not finished, now have an extension. as millions of people logged on to healthcare dot gov yesterday, the system crashed ... just the latest in a series of glitches since its launch six months ago. many people went to sign up in-person at temporary centers, including ann sather's restaurant on belmont. while republicans say americans are opposed to obamacare and plan to make it a

campaign issue, democrats touted the program's benefits. >> i think you will be surprised. you'll find that you can afford it more than you thought. >> we lost too much but we made a dramatic recovery. millions of americans now have had insurance who did not before. we are not going back. >> cook county's hotline for medicaid enrollment also saw a surge in calls yesterday. but there's no need to hurry. the expanded health program for low income people has no deadline for signing up. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. dozens of stolen vehicles have been discovered at a salvage yard on the south side. a police officer's relative reported a car stolen... and when it was traced to adelman's equipment, on east 106-th, police also found about 70 *other stolen cars. an employee of adelman's has reportedly admitted knowing about the theft ring. police and the f-b-i are asking for your help to find a

man and a woman who robbed a bank in east chicago saturday and fired shots at police as they made their getaway. police say both suspects had nine-millimeter handguns when they took over the first merchants bank. they drove off in a dark blue chevy suburban from the '90s with custom rims and clear tail lights. a couple from the north suburbs, and one of their children, were killed in a crash following a police chase in arizona. yuki hirayama was a sophomore at stevenson high school in lincolnshire. he and his parents were killed friday when a pickup truck hit their minivan head-on, on a highway near the grand canyon. the teen's sister survived. police were chasing the pickup for erratic driving. a funeral will be held today for a father and daughter from round lake, who were killed in a small plane crash in florida. services will be held at a church in ingleside this morning for jeffrey bronken, who was piloting the plane ... and his 15-year-old daughter, katie. her friend survived the crash. they were on spring break when their plane went down in clearwater more than a week ago. francis cardinal george was back out in public for a second straight day, after a week-long

hospital stay. the cardinal made an appearance at temple sholom in lakeview for the 19th annual "joseph cardinal bernardin jerusalem lecture". he was recently treated for a stomach infection brought on by his cancer treatment. he says he's still keeping a busy schedule. and in spite of chemo treatments, the cardinal says he feels pretty good. the cardinal says he's still i feel good. i'm still pretty weak. the fill you with all kinds of stuff. but other than that, i am ok. the big thing is a really scared me in terms of infection so i need to be careful. >> planning to travel to rome next month for the canonization of pope john paul the second. opening day at the cell worked out for the fans. the weather was nice, and the white sox won too. fans gave an ovation to paul konerko for what will be his last opening day. but before all that, the parking lots were packed with

tailgaters. that looks pretty good right now. the spring weather was reason enough to fire up the grills, have a few cold ones, and play some bags. >> what you think about the white sox? >> they are great. world series or bust. >> on three give me a go socks. you and your dad. 123. those socks! >> the world series may be a tall order, but the sox got off to a good start in game one. highlights are coming up in sports. >> it's not looking good for the cubs. >> they had a good game yesterday but the just didn't score which seems like it might be a thing that could be a problem for them. but take a look at our day. preconditions' through the day. wind of the south west at 14 mi.. current temperature is 50 degrees. gail community academy at 50. 39 in

streator. the calibrating at 36. much colder as to travel to the west because our cold front is moving through the region. the cold air is surging through. the good news is the snow will stay in portions of minnesota and wisconsin are the minister is. the cold air does not arrive. 51 degrees for the high. tonight we make 34. 45 on wednesday. cooler than normal. good chance of rain as a stationary front lenders. a cold front comes through and drops a temperature friday. potential for rain and snow mixed by friday evening. >> coming up, learning more about people who were killed in a landslide in washington. >> police make a chilling discovery at home in texas. general motors issues another recall of more than a million vehicles. >>and -- google is looking for the world's best pokemon

master. details, coming up.

24 deaths are confirmed in the massive landslide in washington state... but that will go up after rescuers found three more bodies yesterday. those deaths won't be confirmed until they are identified. 18 of the victims' names are now released. the youngest is a four month old baby, and the oldest was 71. 22-people are still missing,

and most of them are believed to have been on the same road when the landslide hit ten days ago. it left behind mud and debris that is now 70-feet deep in some places. four workers were injured in an explosion at a natural gas processing plant on the washington-oregon border. it happened yesterday morning at the williams northwest pipeline facility, near the washington town of plymouth. the explosion sparked a fire and punctured one of the facilitys two giant storage tanks. homes within a two mile radius were evacuated, and a local highway and railroad tracks were shut down. the evacuation zone was reduced to a one-mile radius last night. police in texas made a shocking discovery at a home just north of houston. in the town of spring, a five- year-old boy was found emaciated, locked in a tiny room beneath a stairwell. further investigation revealed that the boy had been beaten. the discovery was made when police answered a call about a 16-year-old boy fighting with his stepfather.

the older boy was angry about his little brother's treatment. police arrested the stepfather, bradley bleimeyer and his wife tammi on charges of child endangerment. here are a few stories that are trending online this morning ... general motors is recalling another one-point-five million vehicles. this time, to fix a problem that could lead to a sudden loss in power steering. the latest recall includes some saturn ion's, chevrolet h- h-r's and cobalts. g-m has now recalled more than six million vehicles in less than two months. the last one was to fix an ignition switch problem connected to 13 deaths. the automaker's c-e-o will testify before the house energy and commerce committee today about the recalls. some words of wisdom on bullying by wil wheaton have gone viral. last year at an appearance in denver, wheaton was asked by a little girl how to deal with being called a nerd. he described his own experience of being bullied and explained it's really about the bullies feeling bad about themselves.

the girl's mother recently posted online that the advice has helped her daughter in school this year. google is hiring for a new position. it's called "pokemon master." becoming one requires you to use google maps to catch pokemon characters hiding all over the world. this video from google says anyone who finds them all will qualify for the new job.. but there may be a catch. some say this is an april fool's joke because of the video's disclaimer that says "the role of pokémon master is not yet available" and to go to google's jobs page. thus we tell people who ask about jobs here. go to the jobs page. >> do we have one? is that how you got this job demetrius? >> i just stood in line. in the parking lot. >> he was signing up for obama care. >> let me show you the back door. >> everyone kept going through and i just made it. the

immaculate higher. 49 degrees is the current temperature. wind out of the west at 21. talking about breezy conditions. this whole day will be breezy. the wind will be testing of the 35. a lot like yesterday. we had a large amount of rain. the difference between a high and low. o'hare is reading at 53. out to the west 37. 35 the rockford. the cold air will win out. the entire region to expect cooler temperatures for the remainder of the morning. 21 mi. per hour is the current windchill. as to get into the later portions of the day we still think there are gusty winds. satellite's radar composite shows a nice tight system and it does have a cold front moving through the area currently. there is the cold air and the snow which continues to the north. low pressure system. we will see that

clockwise rotation bring us the colder air. the good news is the moisture will leave. we're dry today. temperatures will be cooler than that 60 degrees from yesterday. tomorrow feels like spring. a stationary front moves through it will stay for a few days. good chance of rain wednesday and thursday. it ends in a cold front coming through friday with the potential for rain and snow. 51 degrees is a high today. 30 for tonight. marat's high is the mid 40's. 45 degrees with a 60 percent chance for rain. >> it's like a buffet we get a bit of everything. let's give you the construction on the kennedy. this will slow down a bit this morning wrangling closed until 5:00 a.m.. over by navy pier, adam said he was in this the other day and he said it was a mess. this is where the fly over bridges potbellied

short drive from illinois to grant the right lane is blocked. it's really getting caught up. that's a long-term project that will be a headache for people trying to get through there until they can wrap up phase 1 which is in about a year. more traffic coming up. >> coming up the pizza of course heat up between new york and chicago. we are talking live with the writers at buzz feet. >> of the cubs opener comes down to one swing of the bat. highlights are next. >> is april fool's day. april 1st. google had a funny pokey mahon master challenge. we are born to look at some other companies who are doing interesting things on the web for april fool's day so you do not get fooled. that's coming out.good morning. better fashioe

was himself a huge contributions relate and the white sox take the opener from the twins. konerko the biggest ovation. he chose not to play. he had as much fun watching. up in the

second inning a long drive through to runs. they lead to-0 and minnesota andminnesotaabreu comes through with a base hit. in control he gets the when they leave for-2. once again, the former and leadoff man gets a second of the game. the sox win 5-3. the cubs opener in pittsburgh it clapped classic picture zone. a huge a comes down to one team making a mistake. that team was the cubs. six hits. combined 047. >> man on second. game scores in the 10th bringing in the rotation starter he's lit up break down the line. that was the game. they lose in pittsburgh 1-0. the bulls and

celtics wrapped up in game 2 of back-to-back games. the bulls won sunday night in boston. last night 22 points the league in scoring. game is tied then they are at a loss. the bulls win 94-80. toronto lost to miami to the bulls are back in a tie for the third playoff spot. that's it for sports. >> 60 degrees yesterday. >> you'd like to toss? >> why do the same time every two minutes? >> you know why? you know what i do. because people need it. >> because people don't say the time correctly. i am sorry. they go. right now it's 49. we will

be at 48 by 2:00 p.m. five him we're back up to 50. with a cold air coming in from the northwest. don't expect too much of a warm-up. we are dry today. a good chance of rain comes through. rain and snow for friday. >> its 426 and nine seconds. we have some construction out there from route 31 where it intersects with 72. down to one lane. it will be tight through their until may when it finally wrapped that project. in bound jane addams to 53 it has been there for a while. it will be picked up by 5:00 a.m.. it's taking up the to left lanes right now. no significant delays. we will have more traffic coming in just a minute. >> 426 and 20 seconds. more to come including some students who helped catch a person suspected of sexual assault at a dorm. >> and russia's latest move along the ukrainian border and

would president told germany's chancellor. >> what happened after a high school student applied to all eight ivy league schools. >> a father's campaign about breast feeding goes wire rope.'e

pension crisis includes taxes and cuts. details in a live report. >> chicago route police released numbers about crime for the first few months. >> and new developments in this search for the missing milesian jet. good morning. i'm sean louis in for dan. and i'm erin mcelroy. let's go to demetrius ivory for a check of the weather. >> if they had approval ratings for meteorologist which they may have after yesterday's 60 degrees i got hugs everywhere i went. >> soak it up. >> after the 70 forecast that's going to change. >> then i am going to get out of here. >> i like how you are trying to bring in spring with your outfit. >> right now we have readings here in the 37 degree ranges. we have colder temperatures out to the west. some of the western

counties have cold air moving through. a cold front moves through as well. the rain and thunder and lightning is now pressing to the east. moving toward dry conditions but: numbers. yesterday's high was 68. it's different today. 50 degrees by 5:00 p.m.. 20 percent chance of rain tonight in to eat tomorrow. it will rain tomorrow. be prepared. thursday we make 48. friday a bit of rain and snow. >> they're starting spring construction weather is cooperating or not. with a project in elmhurst and another in lyle. elmhurst is at route 19 in starts of bloomingdale goes all the way to york in place until june. it had over to lyle there is the u.s. 34 west bound from lincoln heading over. getting squeezed down to their but this is real time road sensors. everything shows no big delays because of that. a lot of these projects are getting picked up a 530. they're

starting to do that roadwork overnight. keep an eye on that alone with a few others. >>mayor emanuel plans to raise chicago property taxes... and cut pension benefits for some city employees... to help bail the city out of its massive pension debt. randi belisomo is live at city hall with more. good morning. under the proposal, the owner of the $250,000 home would pay about $50 more in property taxes each year starting in 2016. after five years that tax hike would equal $250 extra. the mayor also proposing to cut retirement benefits for some city workers. aides say his plan came out talks with city unions. the lawsuits are likely. city workers would pay more toward their retirement increasing contributions by half a percentage point yearly. employees now pay eight and a half percent of their salary for pension ultimately they would pay 11 percent. that equals

about $1,500 more per year for city workers making about $60,000. the goal is to eliminate about half of the 19 and a half billion dollars to the whole pension debt over 40 years. the mayor says without the changes the municipal fund would be insolvent by 2027. this proposal would not address huge pension shortfalls for police firefighters and teachers. also not address the requirement to pay 600 million more toward police and fire pensions next year. that could result in more tax increases and service cuts. the changes would ultimately have to be approved by state lawmakers. back to you. >> a new tool will soon join the hunt for the missing malaysian jet. an australian ship is carrying a new "black box" finder from the u.s. navy. the ship is expected to reach the search zone in the indian ocean, about a thousand miles west of the australian coast, in a day or so. the new finder can scan the

ocean floor for the plane's locator beacon, until its battery runs out in a week. meanwhile this morning, chinese ships have checked and ruled out 11 locations where suspicious objects were found. elsewhere, malaysian authorities made a small change in their account of the final words of the plane's crew. instead of just "all right, good night"... the final communication now reads, "good night, malaysian flight 3-7- zero." south korea says an unmanned drone plane crash-landed near its maritime border with *north korea. it happened on a south korean island yesterday afternoon. investigators are trying to determine whether north korea sent the drone... and if so, for what purpose. some authorities suspect it was part of the north's spying operation. just last year, north korea released video footage of practice drones crashing into pre-set targets. there may be a sign of hope of a peaceful solution in ukraine. russian president putin reportedly told german's chancellor that he is withdrawing some of his troops

from the ukrainian border. u-s officials said russia had 40-thousand troops stationed there last week. they say a troop withdrawal was necessary for a diplomatic solution. secretary of state john kerry and nato members are meeting today in brussels to discuss a man is in police custody, accused of sexually assaulting a u-i-c student in a shower at her dorm. the attack happened yesterday morning at "commons south" on halsted. some students heard the attack, and held the man until police arrived. u-i-c says the man is not affiliated with the school. dozens of stolen vehicles have been discovered at a salvage yard on the south side. a police officer's relative reported a car stolen... and when it was traced to adelman's equipment, on east 106-th, police also found about 70 *other stolen cars. an employee of adelman's has reportedly admitted knowing about the theft ring. the tribune reports police believe a group of a towing company may have been stealing cars for six months scrapping the vehicles for parts and shipping others overseas.

>> chicago police statistics show crime was down 25 percent in the first quarter of the year compared to last year. shooting incidents decreased 26 percent. and the first three months of the year saw the fewest murders of any first quarter since 19- 58. a huge surge of people trying to sign up for obamacare crashed the website again on deadline day. but with the help of temporary enrollment centers like one at ann sather's restaurant, the government says the program will reach its goal of signing up 7-million americans for health insurance. president obama will be in chicago tomorrow. the white house says the president will attend two fundraisers for the democratic national committee. he will not be stopping by his family home in kenwood. he will also not stay long, since he's expected leave before the day is over. illinois lawmakers are being asked to approve the creation of a new mass transit super- agency in the chicago area. originally, that was the job of the regional transportation authority. but a task force, created by

governor quinn, says the r-t-a needs to be replaced by a whole *new body... and the c-t-a, pace and metra should be nothing but operating units within that agency. mayor emanuel doesn't like it... neither does the c-t-a. and the controversial plan isn't likely to advance in an election year. chicago's street sweeping season begins today. it'll run through november... and during that time, signs will be posted, alerting people about when each street will be cleaned. if you're *parked on one of those streets on sweeping day, you'll get a fifty-dollar ticket... and your car may be towed. you can find out *online when your street will be cleaned... at "chicago street cleaning dot com." an un-healthy trend is sweeping through schools in connecticut. the 17 year-old wine to the doctor and he applied to every ivy league school thinking he would get into a least one. all eight schools accepted less than 9 percent of all applicants for the class of 2018. now needs to

decide where to go. princeton offered him the most generous package. >> i would like him to be my doctor when they. he seems smart. of all applicants for the class a group of new fathers are banding together for a breastfeeding campaign ... featuring themselves. hector cruz came up with the idea to photograph men holding their babies as if they were breastfeeding. he says when his wife was pregnant he wanted to learn about caring for newborns, but wasn't allowed in the breastfeeding classes. cruz said it made him feel helpless to his wife, and uninvolved in the process of raising his own child. why are you laughing? and i don't understand. then, he learned other men felt the same way. >> i felt frustrated and confused and completely helpless. so i know that if i felt that way there are many other fathers out there who were facing the same struggle.

>> cruz says the ultimate goal is engage and educate fathers. still ahead ... marcus shows us the best and the worst of april fools' day on the web. >> why am i always left out? why? >> it just shows the guys will do anything to show off their tattoos. >> is that what is? >> excuse me i just want to show off my tattoo in the breast feeding class. >> it's the equivalent to having one sleeve cut off. 49 degrees. i guess it is for a good cause. 53 degrees in midway. 51 and lansing. 51 keegan. nice warm temperatures across the communities. but to the west we have 38. here is the cold air surging in from the north and the west. we expect temperatures to stay steady in the low '30's and 40's. as you walk outside today you will notice is not as warm as

yesterday. the cold front brought us some rain during the overnight. the snow is to the north. cold air is coming on the backside. the moisture is way to the north. we will miss out on this note today. later this week is a different story. today's high temperature is 51. wind gusting up to 35. tonight we're down to 34. we have a chance of showers thursday up to 48. >> still ahead, marcus shows us the best and worst of april fools' day on the web. >>plus -- the debate over deep dish pizza is tackled by new yorkers with some surprising results. we're *live , next. and -- justin bieber can't get any love from his own people ... we'll explain, coming up.

now she's singing ... the debate never seems to and over what is better. over which is better -- chicago deep dish or new york style pizza. it was the topic of a recent buzz-feed article. joining us via skype from new york... is joanna borns, a staff writer at buzz feed who took part in the taste-test. >> the results were highly controversial. >> of course there were!

>> we took three new yorkers and one from chicago and the preferred the taste of deep-. >> and you are the one from around here? >> i am from indiana but i have been in new york for 10 years. >> we wanted to know you'll are biased. so that was the first thing everyone had to do when they're doing this was to the knowledge that you are bias. >> correct. three of us had never tried it before. >> there are three of you on the panel? >> for the spirit >> where was everyone from? >> one woman was from france. one was from the east coast. i was from indiana and somebody else was from chicago. >> what about preparation? was pizza made by the same company? how'd you know that you guys were having an even playing field? >> it wasn't very scientific.

but we all tried a new deep dish plays that opened up in new york. went to try it and we have all had new york slices like a billion times. we had a pretty even measure. >> i am also redeemed at the deep dish place in the york is packed. are people really waiting to get in there? >> there really are. we had to wait like an hour. >> that is usually how long it does take to cook that. been a one hour in and one hour to cook. >> the new yorkers their first impression was that this is not really pizza. >> i think for an uninitiated person is looks like a lot of sauce. >> it's because that's what makes it so good. >> but it's what's on top tier the cheese and the top bids go underneath. it's not real the topping. >> the only disadvantage to deep dish is you can't just walk in and get it. >> that's true and you can fold

it and you have to bring the fort and a knife in which is too much for some people. >> new york pizza is then but floppy. but you have to fold the ticket. >> i've lived here my whole life and i love new york pizza. it's ok to like both pizza. we do like thin crust. it's not like you have to pick one or the other. and my running the whole segment? >> you can like both. didn't you look at this part of the interview? >> you don't want to live in a world where there's only one kind of pizza. >> you got it. diversity. >> but chicago did win that all we need to know. thank you so much. >> thank you for validating what we already knew. >> i'm so hungry now. >> here's the forecast.

>> i will call if you buy. >> it's 46 degrees. 50 degrees in waukegan. right now we are at 48. satellite composite shows dry conditions. temperatures are moderating. we will be up in the low 50s. yesterday was 68. but today will be lucky to make 51 this afternoon. 34 degrees tonight tamara's high as 45. thursday we climb up to 48. thursday ... first night in chicago. >> it takes you three weeks to eat that. >> there's a reason you wear a dark suit for eating all that pizza. let's take a look at the kennedy. it's nice and quiet. the bit of work in a few pockets there try to take advantage of this weather well last spirit outbound kennedy

from the circle squeezed down to a single lane. ashland bridgework is a real pain in the butt. basically from broadway over to vermont. it will be in place for the middle of april. once we see the traffic building in it's going to get really slow. heads up on that. the numbers overall are still looking good. those temperatures are coming up. >> i just picture you under the been with your big pizza sitting on the ledge at the navy pier. >> it does weigh 6 lbs.. >> maybe some mary tyler moore music playing. every april fool's it's a tradition earlier we showed you what google is doing with the pope came on video. but let's talk about some of the companies. burgeoned america have you seen this thermostat? these are pretty cool the partnered up to add these to their version american

airlines. now you can control the climate at your seat at 35,000 ft. with your own temperature controller. >> i like that one. the company that is a braw fitting company. they have launched a kitten processes. you can get a broad for your kitten. your current cat here. >> i don't get that. >> it is april fool's. >> don't think about it too much. she goes has unveiled a new fragrance. this is a real thing. they're actually making this. this did not send me one but apparently it smells like butter. >> you can stop licking your fingers. and for the of the loom has a new iron for your underwear. the underwear iron. put your finger in it and you

put it into the ironed and you ironed the wrinkles out of your underwear. and finally, dark chocolate flooring that is made of chocolate and you can actually eat it. there is something at the and the ceo actually does take a bite out of it. there he is eating the flooring. >> if the ceo eats it has to be good. >> more in the next hour from these guys and they always like to play lots of jokes. >> still ahead, the godfather of chicago house music has died. >> and michael jackson's new album. details

frankie knuckles has died. he was known as the godfather of chicago house music that flooded the club scene in the 70's and 80's. he would go on to work with major artists like michael jackson, whitney houston, and depeche mode. *house music got its name from the music that knuckles played at the warehouse dance club. a stretch of jefferson street, between jackson and madison, was named after him ten years ago. knuckles was 59 when he died at

his home yesterday. a cause of death was not released. nearly six years after his death, michael jackson has a new album coming out. it will feature modern takes on his songs, and will also include eight never-before-heard songs -- in a compilation called "x-scape." producers created the songs from over forty years of vocal recordings stored by jackson's estate. the album goes on sale may 13- th. a bad day for justin bieber in his homeland. he was booed at canada's juno awards after his name was announced as winner of the "fan choice award." bieber wasn't able to attend the event, however. canada's olympic women's curling team accepted the trophy on his behalf. >> i know your reaction to that story. i'm just saying he will

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